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Sunday, 29 January 2017

Three Serving S’East Governors Set To Join APC- Okorocha

Ken Nnamani, former senate president is now the leader of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the
Southeast, while the party in the zone would support President Mohammadu Buhari
for a second term in office should he seek re-election in 2019.

These were parts of decisions taken at the meeting of Southeast APC
stakeholders held at the Imo International Convention Centre (IICC), Owerri,
yesterday.

The meeting had dignitaries like Sen. Nnamani, Emeka Offor, Ifeanyi
Araraume, George Moughalu, Tony Eze, Ebuka Onunkwo, Jombo Offor, Eze Madumere
and members of the APC National Working Committee (NWC) in attendance.

In his speech, the host Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, said he left
the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) to join the APC at its formative
stage because APGA was seen as an Igbo party and not a national party. He
stated that he joined APC against all odds because he knew that Igbos would
achieve their political aspirations within Nigeria only through a national
party.

He said: “Now that Igbo leaders are
together in APC, Nigerians will hear us. There is a vacuum of leadership in the
Southeast APC. I am a governor. My brothers Chris Ngige and Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu
are ministers. Hence, the importance of Ken Nnamani coming at this time. I
decline leadership of Ndigbo in APC. With Nnamani, the question of who is the
leader of APC in the Southeast has been answered. Nnamani is the leader of APC
in the South-East.”

Continuing, okorocha said “Senator Nnamani should then work with other
leaders like Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, Jim Nwobodo and a host of others to give
Ndigbo political direction. Those who have joined the party or who want to join
should do so to build the party and not to cause confusion. APC is the right
party for the Igbos, and the only party that can guarantee Igbo presidency.”

For him, “we are going to support President Mohammadu Buhari for the
eight years he is going to lead the nation. This is the time for Ndigbo to come
and work together. We are also going to use the Anambra election to show that
APC has arrived in the Southeast. The Igbos played bad Politics in 2015. Today
we have lost a lot. We are not anywhere because of our bad politics.”

Okorocha also disclosed that three serving governors in the Southeast
were in touch with him and would soon join APC, adding that being the only APC
governor in the Southeast does not give him joy. He advised that other
political leaders in the geo-political zone should take advantage of the moment
and come into APC.

Nnamani, in his speech, said the Igbos needed more of their leaders at
the national leadership of the APC where decisions are being made, and even at
the National Assembly and other strategic areas.

The former Senate President said: “Some of us going into APC are not
doing so because of hunger, but in the interest of the Igbos. We should play
politics of ideas and avoid abusive words. Ndigbo do not have the ingredients
for opposition politics. We do not have the media or business or money to play
opposition politics, but we won’t ask for handouts.”

He said “How the Yorubas voted in
2015 should be an eye-opener. They voted both sides, but the Southeast put
their eggs in one basket. I am not of the view that everybody should be in APC,
but those who have seen the need should do so. If Gov. Okorocha has realised
that he needs more hands in APC, he should be commended. We are the worst
enemies of ourselves. If we work together we will go very far. This is the time
to play national politics”.